Advancements in Fiber Optic Devices and Ultrafast Fiber Laser Technologies for High-Speed Optical Communication
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Optoelectronics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 October 2026 | Viewed by 40
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fiber optic lasers; pulsed lasers; fiber optic sensors; nonlinear devices; numerical modeling of fiber optic lasers; light polarization; nonlinear optics in fibers; all-fiber optical device design
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on advancements in fiber optic devices that enable high-speed optical communication and related photonic signal processing. As network capacities and system complexities increase, there is a growing demand for fiber-based components that offer low loss, high bandwidth, stable, and robust operation in realistic environments.
We welcome original research and review articles related to enabling devices and subsystems, including fiber gratings, couplers, filters, isolators, amplifiers, wavelength division multiplexing components, specialty fibers, and hybrid or integrated solutions with efficient fiber interfacing. In addition, the Special Issue highlights the role of pulsed and ultrafast fiber lasers as practical providers of coherent communications, photonic signal processing, and advanced measurements. The topics of interest include mode locking and Q-switching techniques, nonlinear loop mirror architectures (NOLM/NALM; figure-8), dispersion engineering (including all normal dispersion designs), polarization effects, noise-like pulse dynamics, and novel saturable absorbers or functional fiber segments.
We particularly encourage contributions combining device-level innovation with modeling, characterization, and system-level demonstrations (e.g., coherent detection, microwave photonics, intelligent monitoring and control), with clear relevance to high-speed optical communication performance.
Dr. Luis Alberto Rodríguez Morales
Dr. Iván Armas Rivera
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fiber optic devices
- high-speed optical communication
- coherent communications
- photonic signal processing
- fiber lasers
- mode locking
- nonlinear fiber optics
- dispersion engineering
- polarization dynamics
- microwave photonics.
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